MESQUITE, NV / ACCESSWIRE / December 19, 2016 / Cannabis Sativa, Inc. (OTCQB:CBDS) announced today that it entered into an agreement to acquire a 49% ownership interest in a 9 acre property in Los Angeles County, California. The ownership group plans to lease the property to an industrial hemp farm operator who will conduct farming activities under the Industrial Hemp provisions of California’s Adult Use Marijuana Act (Prop 64). The Company’s President David Tobias stated, “We are excited to play a role in what we anticipate will be one of California’s first hemp farms under Prop 64.” The farm will produce organic industrial hemp derived products. It is anticipated that the farm will fill part of the Company’s demand for industrial hemp based products, with California grown organic industrial hemp. Farming activities are expected to commence in January of 2017.

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